Child Injuries accident and compensation advice

Child accident and injury compensation claim example:

A child accident and injury claim was made when a young child was involved in a road traffic accident. A compensation claim was made by child accident solicitors who obtained £3200. Injuries sustained a whiplash injury.

A child accident and injury claim was made when a 10 year old boy was in the back seat of his mother’s car.  Whilst waiting in a supermarket queue in a line of traffic another vehicle hit the child’s mother’s vehicle from the rear. The injured child sustained whiplash injuries when the vehicle was jolted.

The injured child was taken to accident and emergency hospital and was diagnosed with whiplash injuries. The injured child suffered severe pain and began to have continuous nightmares about the accident which disturbed his sleep and led to mood swings. The injured child was absent from school for 5 days due to the road traffic accident. The child made a complete recovery within 12 months from the accident.

The Child accident and Injury compensation solicitors obtained compensation for £3200 for the whiplash injury. The child’s mother (known as the litigation friend) also received compensation for her injuries, expenses and loss of earnings.

The child accident and injury solicitors acted on a NO WIN NO FEE agreement and recovered all legal costs off the insurance company. The infant child received 100% compensation and 0% legal costs which was approved by the Court.

Note that that mother who instructed the child compensation injury solicitors is known as a litigation friend.  The compensation payment to the infant child was approved by the Court and the compensation to be invested on behalf of the infant child until the child reaches the age of 18 years.  At that age the child then in law reaches majority and is able to obtain the compensation from the court with interest that has accumulated since the money was in court.